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0705 Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2
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[Photo] 317 PASA, OF KERIYA, HUNTER OF WILD YAKS, AND OUR GUIDE.

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sure of fully 130 degrees Fahrenhe
to give the animals a short rest, so
m which we might effect our expedit
d valleys of the uppermost Yurung-k
y careful trigonometrical survey whi
arted in 1897 along this part of th
head-western lay due south of Seplch
ive as event, set out on August with
d in that direction, and to start a fre
ith the help of Captain Deasy's prim
felt oppressed by doubts how we sho
into that region of difficult deeps
my Karangho-tagh experiences of yo
ured me. Considering the limitatio
means of transport, a false move in t
ent loss of time might prove fatal to t

e played me a good turn by bringi
uide such as I had vainly searched fo
rtinent and wily hill-men of Polur. L
nnaissance had fallen in with one of
ew people hunting for wild yaks and
d Niaz Akbun, the energetic Dang
nd us from Khotan, to fetch them fro
nghis-köl. Half-frozen he turned
ying the whole party of hunters—G
ildly-looking fellow (Fig 317), with an
mpanions half-Tibetan in appeara
oss-examination, confessed that the
ill worked by small parties of Ker
lep of the Yurung-kash known as Zai
couple of marches. When I expla
ys to the river's easternmost source
m that leading south of Seplch, wh
d he knew tracks by which we re
omplete circuit of the uppermost Yur

as very soon caught the infection
e been our unwilling and contuma